PORTRAIT – Scandal Involving Apology for Terrorism and Drug Possession for a French Euro MP

A bizarre scenario full of unknowns has thrust Rima Hassan once again into the spotlight. The Euro MP from La France insoumise was summoned by the Paris police on Thursday morning and placed under guard for “apology for terrorism.” This is connected to her glorifying a Japanese terrorist in an online post and also for being caught with a small quantity of drugs in her bag.

This story has quickly sparked political and media attention. This is because the thirty-year-old, with hundreds of thousands of social media followers, has become a prominent figure in the radical left in just a few months. Jean-Luc Melenchon’s movement has made her a symbolic figure of the “New France” propagated in numerous political rallies.

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